A day after the National Green tribunal raised questions over a notification on the Okhla Bird Sanctuary declaring it a protected wildlife habitat, the UP forest department submitted the required p

If you are planning a weekend trip to the Sunderbans, you can now look beyond the Sajnekhali wildlife sanctuary.

BHUBANESWAR: As many as 20 VHF towers were damaged in the October 12 cyclone in different wildlife sanctuaries of the state, leading to disruption of communication.

PANJIM: Directorate of Mines and Geology has refused to renew the mining lease of one Zacarias Antano located at Potrem village in Sanguem taluka after it was observed that the lease falls within t

On Monday evening, Eliamma George, president of Thiruvambady gramapanchayat, declared the 12-hour hartal in the district against K. Kasturirangan Committee report on Western Ghats a “success”.

The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS), an organization spearheading peasants' rights in the state, has threatened to approach the National Green Tribunal if the state government fails to close do

The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) said on Wednesday that it would move the National Green Tribunal if the Assam government does not implement the order of the Union Ministry of Environment an

In an interim order, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the state government not to grant any new mining leases which fall within eco-sensitive zones (buffer zones), protected forests a

Of the total 179 mining leases surveyed for mapping their distance from wildlife sanctuaries, almost 93 per cent of mines are found to be within 10 kms zone of wildlife sanctuaries.

Of 83 environmental cases pending in various courts across the country, over 70% were filed in 2013 and most of them are related to mining.